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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2053-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2053-2024
Development and technical paper
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12 Mar 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 12 Mar 2024

PyRTlib: an educational Python-based library for non-scattering atmospheric microwave radiative transfer computations

Salvatore Larosa, Domenico Cimini, Donatello Gallucci, Saverio Teodosio Nilo, and Filomena Romano

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PyRTlib is an attractive educational tool because it provides a flexible and user-friendly way to broadly simulate how electromagnetic radiation travels through the atmosphere as it interacts with atmospheric constituents (such as gases, aerosols, and hydrometeors). PyRTlib is a so-called radiative transfer model; these are commonly used to simulate and understand remote sensing observations from ground-based, airborne, or satellite instruments.
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